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title: Magie Dominic Caffe Cino Collection

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content: Cino, Joe, 1931-1967

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label: Donor

content: Dominic, Magie

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content: Wilson, Doric (1939-2011)

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content: Broadway (New York, N.Y.)

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content: Greenwich Village (New York, New York)

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content: Experimental theater

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label: Provenance

content: Collection donated by Magie Dominic, 2024.

content: Gossage, James D.

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content: The collection documents Caffe Cino in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, founded in 1958 by Joe Cino as a cafe and art exhibition space. The collection has materials related to and written by author and artist Magie Dominic, Caffe Cino alumni and chronicler.

label: Biographical / Historical

content:
An Overview with Personal Reflections, Timeline 1958-1968, and The Archives-Key Moments were supplied by donor-Magie Dominic in April 2024

An Overview with Personal Reflections by Magie Dominic

Early Years: 1931-1958

Joe Cino was born on November 16, 1931, in Buffalo, New York. His parents, Mary and Joseph, were both Sicilian. There were four brothers, Gabby, Richard, Joe, and Steve. Joe's father, Joe Cino senior, died at a very young age and Mary worked to support the family. She worked at a candy factory at night and sometimes wrapped candy in tissue and threw it out the window for the boys to catch. As a child, Joe did little shows in the backyard for the neighbors.

Michael Smith, Village Voice critic, interviewed Joe in 1965 and asked him why he came to New York City. "The opportunity arose because four friends of mine were running away from home, and two of them had some money."  (1948; Joe was sixteen; his friends were Tony Vaccaro, Angelo and Stephen Lovoulo (brothers). "I had to make a decision within two hours. It was snowing. My mother was visiting a neighbor, and she came home calling me as I was leaving the house. I ran into the street and jumped into a passing car. I heard my mother calling, and I said, "I'll be back soon, there's a note on the kitchen table." The note said, "I'm going to Rochester to visit some friends."

 He arrived in New York City on February 7, 1948, during a blizzard, and broke.
"I had a job within three days at the YMCA in Penn Station as a counterman for $110 a month. February to summer. I was making ice cream sodas at Howard Johnson's. Hotel Statler reservations department."

Eight weeks later, April 12, he sent a long, handwritten letter to his mother explaining why he'd run away and his dream to study acting and dance, "Dear Mom, Don't read this letter until tonite when you're relaxed—don't read it half-fast—go through it quite carefully. There are 12 pages (24 sides), Love "Junior"

"When I got the job at the Statler I enrolled in the Henry Street Playhouse and took courses in everything. I was there for about two years. I went home (Buffalo) in July. She (his mother) gave me her blessing. When I left at the end of the week everything was O.K. from then on."

In 1953 Joe was given a dance scholarship to Jacob's Pillow; danced with the Mary Anthony Dance Theater, and toured with Maxine Munt and Alfred Brooks.

Michael Smith asked him when he got the idea of opening a café. "I started thinking about the café in 1954. I would talk about it with close friends. My idea was always to start with a beautiful, intimate, non-commercial, friendly atmosphere where people could come and not feel pressured or harassed."

He worked two jobs, studied, and saved for ten years.  In the summer of 1958, his friend Ed Franzen saw a For Rent sign on 31 Cornelia Street. He called Joe and introduced him to the landlady, Josie Lemma, who was leaning out an upstairs window. Joe said 'Oh, you're Italian." Josie said, "Yes, what are you?" Joe said Sicilian. Josie said, "I don't have to come down," and threw him the key and gave him the first month's rent free if he did all the needed repair work. Josie was Joe's landlady for the Caffe's entire existence. She often brought down pots of soup when Joe was unable to pay the rent. Her reasoning was, if Joe didn't have rent money, he probably didn't have food money. Joe opened the Caffe Cino on a Friday in December 1958. There was room for about twenty mismatched ice cream parlor tables and chairs-and a tiny kitchen with his espresso machine. The room could accommodate about forty people.

MAGIE DOMINIC: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS

In 1962 I left my home in Newfoundland, as a teenager, like Joe Cino. I was 18 and studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. In 1964 I moved to New York, worked in interior design, gave poetry readings in New York venues, stage managed productions at Lighthouse for the Blind and stage managed a play at La Mama. Ellen Stewart introduced me to Tom Eyen. Tom introduced me to Joe Cino. Joe asked me my sign (Cancer), and we began a friendship and a dialogue that lasted in one form or another to this day. I entered the Caffe that day and never left. Joe was handsome, broad-shouldered, dark hair, a quick smile; his dark brown eyes were filled with passion. He could hold you with his eyes.

I stage managed for Lanford Wilson and Tom Eyen, created roles for new playwrights, created tiny collages for the Caffe walls and worked on the sets; created the large stars and flags for the Dames at Sea set and made Joe an apron from left over stars. I was assistant director to Marshall Mason; I occasionally ran to the store for groceries for the Caffe kitchen. There was no job description.  We worked for free, passed the basket after each performance and if we collected fifty dollars by the week's end, and the production had five people, we received $10 each for a week's work. We would have worked for a dollar. We would have paid to be there.

The Caffe Cino ceiling was a maze of intricate lighting equipment.  Lights were dimmed, stage lights appeared on a tiny performance area, and the room opened like a chakra. The walls were collages with photographs, posters, and twinkle lights. Music ranged from opera to Shirley Temple to Kate Smith, belly dancing, Christmas carols and Billie Holiday. A curtain of crystals and bells stretched in front of the espresso machine; a musical explosion by Joe before each performance with the words, "It's magic time!"  And each performance was dedicated to somebody's birthday.

Eventually there was a stage, a tiny eight-foot portable wooden platform. New playwrights emerged and used the free venue Joe offered. Joe would ask them their sign, (I think it was his way of reading people), give them a date, say, "This is your week," and politely refuse to read the script.  Joe was generous to the extreme. People came to him for help - and he offered it.

For several years Joe operated the Caffe at night, while simultaneously working during the day as a typist for American Laundry Machinery Company. That salary probably sustained the Caffe. Every new playwright paving the way to the next century had roots there - Lanford Wilson, Tom Eyen, Sam Shepherd, John Guare, Robert Patrick, Doric Wilson, Paul Foster, H. M. Koutoukas, William Hoffman, among many, many others. Bernadette Peters, Marshall Mason, and Harvey Keitel began there.  Performances were done for the room, with or without an audience. In the words of theater critic John Gruen, ― Caffe Cino presented the outrageous, the blasphemous, the zany, the wildly poetic, the embarrassingly trite, the childish, and frequently, the moving and the beautiful. A few years ago, someone asked me in an interview where the Caffe Cino administrative offices were located. I said they were in the kitchen, next to the espresso machine, because that's where Joe was standing.

In the years following the Caffe's closing I wrote two books, co-edited a third with Michael Smith, gave several presentations on the Caffe, and raised a daughter. My artwork was exhibited in Canada and the United States, and my large fabric installation, The Gown, was presented at The United Nations. Two Caffe Cino people have fabric in the Gown, Robert Patrick and Jim Gossage (James D. Gossage). For many, the Caffe Cino was a second home. For others it was the only home they'd ever known. Awards received by those who began their careers at the Caffe Cino include the Pulitzer, the Emmy, the Grammy, the Tony, the Obie, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, the Robert Chesley Award, and the New York Innovative Theater Award.

TIMELINE, PLAYWRIGHTS, KEY MOMENTS

"The one thing I never thought of was fully staged productions.  I opened as the Caffe Cino Art Gallery, and we had openings every six weeks." Joe Cino

1958-1959
Primarily art exhibitions, poetry and readings of classic plays, Tennessee Williams, etc.

1960
First original play is written for the room, "Flyspray"' by James Howard.  In the beginning there is no stage. Tables are moved aside, and actors perform in the space between tables. The photographer, Rowland Sherman, has his first exhibition, with mainly Caffe Cino people as his subjects.

1961
Original plays are now written for the room.
Doric Wilson presents his first three plays.
The Caffe receives "The Coffee Cup Award" from Show Business newspaper.
Al Pacino makes his Off-Off Broadway début in the production of William Saroyan's Hello Out There. "It was a very important moment for me," Pacino, 2014, New Yorker Magazine.

1962
The official menu is designed by Michael Wiley. The $1. minimum includes a show, coffee, and pastry. The one dollar minimum is never changed. Dramatic lighting effects are achieved through the ingenious work of lighting designer John P. Dodd.
Adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. "The play was one of the most beautiful things we had at the Cino. I think it was the first time we had that kind of magic." Joe Cino

1963
One-week performances. Claris Nelson writes three original plays. Lanford Wilson produces his first plays. Harassment from New York City inspectors.

1964
Two-week runs begin with 14 performances weekly. Caffe Cino becomes eligible for the Obie Award. There is continued harassment from New York City inspectors. They categorize the Caffe as a cabaret and insist that Joe obtain a cabaret license and sell alcohol, the requirement for obtaining the license.  Joe has a valid restaurant license, wants only a caffe with espresso, and wants nothing to do with liquor. He offers to pay for the cabaret license but refuses to serve alcohol. In an attempt to stop the fines, he changes the name of the Caffe Cino to the Caffe Cino Arts Club and issues membership cards, but the fines continued, and the name change is abandoned. It is a cafe without a category. The staging of Lanford Wilson's The Madness of Lady Bright is a breakthrough hit as the play deals openly about homosexuality. The Caffé has become well known for its plays dealing with gay subject matter. For the first time in New York, and perhaps in the country, LGBT people see depictions of themselves in a more multi-dimensional and realistic light.

1965
On the night of March 3, a fire caused by a gas leak completely destroys the cafe interior. Edward Albee and H.M. Koutoukas organize a benefit to rebuild the Caffe. Several benefits are held throughout the city. The Caffe is rebuilt and reopens on May 18. The Caffe receives special Obie Award. Playwrights include Diane di Prima, H. M. Koutoukas, David Starkweather, Lanford Wilson, Jean-Claude van Itallie, John Guare, Mary Mitchell, Robert Heide, Tom Eyen, William M. Hoffman, and Sam Shepard.

1966
In May, Dames at Sea, a 40-minute musical, opens on the tiny stage, is directed by Robert Dahdah and runs for three consecutive months. It is the first New York play for a teenage Bernadette Peters and is probably the most successful play in Off-Off-Broadway history. Unfortunately, a producer moves Dames from the Caffe Cino to an Off-Broadway theater and Joe and the Caffe are never acknowledged for its creation.

1967
In January, Joe's lover is electrocuted in an accident in upstate New York and Joe is devastated. City fines and harassment increase. At the end of 1966 and the beginning of 1967, a group of non-Caffe Cino people begin to frequent the room, bring a darkness and quantities of drugs, and although they are not welcomed by most at the Caffe, they continue to frequent the room. On the night of March 31, alone in the room, Joe Cino tries to end his own life. He survives for three days but is pronounced dead at St Vincent's Hospital on Sunday, April 2. Joe Cino cherished life. He cherished his family; the arts; and cherished his magical Caffe. He was devastated by the death of his lover, by the years of unrelenting fines, by the years of harassment, by exhaustion, and is overpowered by a lethal supply of drugs offered to him. They are all contributing factors.

On April 10th at Judson Church, the memorial program cover is wordless. Only a black and white photo of Joe smiling, and wearing an apron made from left over "Dames at Sea" stars.

Four people, led by Charles Stanley, Ken Burgess, Robert Patrick, and Magie Dominic, are joined by a few others and work to keep the Caffe open, following the schedule Joe had planned. An unexpected classic comic book production of Snow White. Charles Stanley is the magic mirror; Ken Burgess is all the magical forest creatures; Robert Patrick, playwright, is both Doc and the haunted forest; H.M. Harry Koutoukas, the Greek playwright, is the evil queen; Magie Dominic is Snow White. At every performance the dwarfs are different, and the number is always changing. City harassment and fines intensify. Michael Smith and Wolfgang Zuckerman take over management of the Caffe.

1968
City harassment and fines reach a breaking point. "The summonses cost $250 each. We could not get them to stop, and we could not afford to pay them. So in March, after a final, beautiful production of "Monuments" by Diane di Prima, directed by James Waring and Alan Marlowe, with lighting by John P. Dodd, the Caffe Cino closed for good." (Michael Smith) The Caffe Cino closes on March 17, 1968. Michael Smith, in the days after the Caffe's closing in 1968, takes pictures and programs from the Caffe walls and takes them to Library for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center.

THE ARCHIVES. KEY MOMENTS

1972 Off-Off Broadway Book by Albert Poland and Bruce Mailman, published with a chapter on Caffe Cino, research and scripts.

1977 Magie Dominic contacted photographer Jim Gossage (James D. Gossage), a main photographer of Caffe Cino and 1960s OOB theater, regarding existing Caffe Cino photographs. Together, they began assembling documentation.

1979 The newspaper Other Stages published a series of articles about Caffe Cino.

1979 Dorothy Swerdlove, Curator of the Billy Rose Theatre Division of New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (LPA), was shown Caffe Cino documentation by Magie Dominic, and established a 1985 exhibition date in the Astor Gallery, Lincoln Center.
For the following six years, 1979-1985, and with the assistance of several Caffe Cino people; Ken Burgess - designer of Caffe show posters; the photographer Jim Gossage; the LPA curatorial staff and Richard Buck, Magie Dominic co-curated the exhibition Caffe Cino and Its Legacy.

1985 Caffe Cino and Its Legacy, March 5 - May 11, Astor Gallery, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center.

AIDS devastated the Caffe Cino people during the 1980s and into the 1990s. Over sixteen playwrights, actors and designers were lost.

2000 The Queen of Peace Room, memoir by Magie Dominic, published, with a chapter depicting Caffe Cino; and loss of people to AIDS; nominated for three literary awards.

2005 The New York Innovative Theatre Awards established The Caffe Cino Fellowship Award.

2005 "Caffe Cino: The Birthplace of Off-Off-Broadway", by Wendell Stone, published.

2006  Bernadette Peters, in Legends of Broadway Compilation, related working on Dames at Sea at Caffe Cino.

2006 CUNY TV, Conversations with William M. Hoffman: Caffe Cino/Off-Off Broadway interviews.

2007 In The Life: Channel 13 TV, fifteen-minute documentary on Caffe Cino's impact on New York theatre and gay theatre in New York.

2007 "Return to the Caffe Cino", co-Edited by Steve Susoyev and George Birimisa, published.
2008 Thirty-minute video by Library for the Performing Arts, documenting Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation's tribute to Caffe Cino's historic importance; plaque designed by playwright Robert Patrick installed.

2010  H.M. Koutoukas Remembered by His Friends, co-edited by Michael Smith and Magie Dominic, published.

2011 Caffe Cino documentation entered into Library for the Performing Arts permanent archives including the show posters designed by Ken Burgess.

2011 Fales Archives, NYU, enters Magie Dominic writing and art documentation into their permanent archives.

2016  New York Press Association awarded Second Place for Coverage of the Arts to The Villager newspaper for their story, "Magie Dominic - Magic Time at the Caffe Cino".

2017 Caffe Cino placed on The National Register of Historic Places for its significance to LGBT history. It was placed on The State Register of Historic Places the same year. In 2017, the Cino family found among Mary Cino's papers, the 24-page letter Joe had written to her in 1948.

2019 Caffe Cino designated a New York City Landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from New York Innovative Theater Awards awarded to Magie Dominic for her contribution to the arts, and Caffe Cino archival work.

2022 November 16, A plaque honoring Caffe Cino's placement on The National Register of Historic Places installed on 31 Cornelia Street. It was also Joe Cino's 91st birthday.
Research and documentation are ongoing.

The Caffe Cino brought theatre into the modern era, created Off-Off Broadway, and from its humble little eight-foot by eight-foot wooden stage, forever altered the performing arts worldwide.

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content: 1948-2024, undated

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content: Collection descriptions

content: Archival materials

content: Advertisements

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content: Magie Dominic Caffe Cino Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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content:
The collection is arranged in two series:

Series 1, Caffe Cino (New York, New York) 1948-1993, undated

Series 2, Dominic, Magie, 1963-2023, undated

content: Processed by Franklin A. Robinson, Jr., archivist, 2024; supervised by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, archivist.

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content: The materials consist of printed materials, photographs, scripts, advertisements, ephemera, and theater programs relating to the Caffe Cino, Greenwich Village, New York, New York, collected by Magie Dominic. The collection also contains contracts, scripts, photographs, and artwork from Dominic's career and from her association with the Caffe Cino.

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content: Preservation of the 8mm films in this collection was made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Film Preservation Fund.

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content: The Archives Center does not own exclusive rights to these materials.  Copyright for all materials is retained by the donor, Franklin A. Robinson, Jr.; permission for commercial use and/or publication may be requested from the donor through the Archives Center.  Military Records for Franklin A. Robinson (b. 1932) and correspondence from Richard I. Damalouji (1961-2014) are restricted; written permission is needed to research these files.  Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

label: Collection Restrictions

content: Collection is open for research but negatives and audiovisuial materials are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Some papers of living persons are restricted. Access to restricted portions may be arranged by request to the donor. Gloves required for unprotected photographs. Viewing film portions of the collection and listening to LP recording requires special appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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content: circa 1956

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content: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

content:
Collection is open for research.

Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives.

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content: Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection

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content: Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection / Series 3: Reference Videos

content: America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.

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content: Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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content: Davis, Miles

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Descriptive Summary: reel 1: 1200f., b&w, reel 2: 1440F., b&w, reel 3: 990f., b&w. Also known as Vogues of 1938, these are b&w prints of a Technicolor film.

Copyright: 1937

Corporate Creator: Walter Wanger Productions, Inc.

Producer: Walter Wanger

Director: Irving Cummings

Performer(s): Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett, Victor Young and His Orchestra, The Four Hot Shots, Cotton Club Singers, George Tapps, Maurice Rocco, Virginia Verrill, Fred Lawrence

Song Title(s):

1. "Turn on that Red Hot Heat"

2. "King of Jam"

3. "That Old Feeling", vocals by Verrill

4. "Lovely One", vocals by Lawrence & Verrill

5. "Lady of the Evening", vocals by Lawrence

6. "Aloha Oe"

7. "Siboney"

8. "Fall Fashion Show"

9. "Moonlight Sonata"

10. "Anchors Aweigh"

11. "Jingle Bells"

Video reference copy

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title: Addenda forSeries 22: Telegrams

content: United Telegraph Workers.

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content: Western Union Telegraph Company Records

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content: Western Union Telegraph Company Records / Series 27: Addenda (Series Level)

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content: Collection is open for research but Series 11 and films are stored off-site. Special arrangements must be made to view some of the audiovisual materials. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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unittitle: Western Union Technical Review

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title: Harmonia

label: Collection Donor

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content: Marks, Peter, 1843-1883

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content: Peter Marks Minstrelsy Collection

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content: Peter Marks Minstrelsy Collection / Series 2: Professional Materials / 2.1: Playbills, Programs, Posters, and Advertisements

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content: undated

content: Box 8, Folder 5

content: Archival materials

content: Peter Marks Minstrelsy Collection, 1800-1915, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: Collection is open for research.

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unittitle: Professional Materials

unittitle: Harmonia

title: Harmonia


title: Judson Dance Theater, broadside

content: Gossage, James D.

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content: Magie Dominic Caffe Cino Collection

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content: Magie Dominic Caffe Cino Collection / Series 1: Caffe Cino (New York, New York) / 1.1: Programs, Correspondence, and Ephemera

content: Box 3, Folder 10

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content: Magie Dominic Caffe Cino Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Collection is open for research.

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unittitle: Judson Dance Theater, broadside

title: Judson Dance Theater, broadside


title: 1959 February 5-1959 April 23

content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

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content: Duke Ellington Collection

indexedContent: Duke Ellington Collection

content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 9: Newspaper Clippings

content: Processing and encoding partially funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

content: Box 1 (Series 9), Folder 8

content: Archival materials

content: Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Copyright restrictions. Consult the Archives Center at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Paul Ellington, executor, is represented by:

Richard J.J. Scarola, Scarola Ellis LLP, 888 Seventh Avenue, 45th Floor, New York, New York 10106. Telephone (212) 757-0007 x 235; Fax (212) 757-0469; email: rjjs@selaw.com; www.selaw.com; www.ourlawfirm.com.

content: Collection is open for research but the original and master audiovisual materials are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

unittitle: Duke Ellington Collection

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title: 1959 February 5-1959 April 23


title: City of Melbourne, Florida, Proclamation of "Duke Ellington Day

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content: Duke Ellington Collection

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unittitle: Awards


title: 1961 January

content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

content: Duke Ellington Collection

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content: Archival materials

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title: 1961 January


title: Griffith, Richard, Anatomy Of A Motion Picture (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1959)

content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

content: Duke Ellington Collection

content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 15: Books

content: Box 1 (Series 15)

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Books


title: Oversize photographs

content: Sidney, George, 1916-2002

indexedContent: Sidney, George

content: George Sidney Collection

indexedContent: George Sidney Collection

content: George Sidney Collection / Series 6: Sidney, George (1877-1945)

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1916/1916 type:inclusive

content: undated

content: Box 142, Folder 7

content: Archival materials

content: George Sidney Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, gift of Corinne Entratter Sidney

content: The Archives Center does not own exclusive rights to these materials.  All requests for permission to use these materials for non-museum purposes must be addressed directly to the Archives Center, and the Archives Center will forward the request to the copyright holder.  Collection items are available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions.  Reproduction permission from Archives Center: fees for commercial use.

content:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with cotton gloves.  Researchers may use reference copies of audio-visual materials.  When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis and as resources allow.

Viewing film portions of the collection requires special appointment, please inquire; listening to LP recordings is only possible by special arrangement.

Special arrangements required to view materials in cold storage.  Using cold room materials requires a three hour waiting period.

Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

unittitle: George Sidney Collection

unittitle: Sidney, George (1877-1945)

unittitle: Oversize photographs

title: Oversize photographs


title: The Steel Reefs

content: American Petroleum Institute.

indexedContent: American Petroleum Institute.

content: American Petroleum Institute Photograph and Film Collection / Series 8: Films / The Steel Reefs

content: Digitization of Series 1 though Series 4 was made possible by Andrew and Anya Shiva.

label: Extent

content: 1 Film reel (soundtrack negative (no corresponding picture element), 35mm; 1013 feet)

content: Reel OF 711.18

content: Archival materials

content: Moving Images [31983000013888]

content: Film reels

indexedContent: Film reels

content: American Petroleum Institute Photograph and Film Collection, 1860s-1990 (bulk 1955-1990), Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Reproduction permission from Archives Center: fees for commercial use.

label: Series Restrictions

content: Viewing film portion of collection requires special appointment. Reference copies do not exist. See repository for details.

unittitle: Films

unittitle: The Steel Reefs

title: The Steel Reefs


title: Merry Christmas Brownie, from THP, Jack and Helen

content: Wise, Brownie Humphrey, 1913-1991

indexedContent: Wise, Brownie Humphrey

content: Brownie Wise Papers

indexedContent: Brownie Wise Papers

content: Brownie Wise Papers / Series 8: Audio Recordings / 8.4: Reference Audio Cassettes

content: Box 36, Cassette RTC 509.13

label: Archival Repository

content: Archival materials

content: Audio

indexedContent: Audio

content: Brownie Wise Papers, 1938-1968, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

content: Collection is open for research.

unittitle: Brownie Wise Papers

unittitle: Audio Recordings

unittitle: Reference Audio Cassettes


title: Patio Parties

content: Wise, Brownie Humphrey, 1913-1991

content: Brownie Wise Papers

content: Brownie Wise Papers / Series 6: Other Business Ventures

content: Box 35, Folder 10

content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Archival materials

content: Collection is open for research.

unittitle: Other Business Ventures

unittitle: Patio Parties

title: Patio Parties


title: Sovera correspondence, 1969

content: Wise, Brownie Humphrey, 1913-1991

content: Brownie Wise Papers

content: Brownie Wise Papers / Series 4: Direct Sales Cosmetics Companies

content: Box 25, Folder 6

indexedContent: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Archival materials

content: Collection is open for research.

unittitle: Direct Sales Cosmetics Companies

unittitle: Sovera correspondence, 1969

title: Sovera correspondence, 1969


title: Tupperware events: Miami Dealers Christmas Party, 1953

content: Wise, Brownie Humphrey, 1913-1991

content: Brownie Wise Papers

content: Brownie Wise Papers / Series 7: Photographs

content: Box 30B, Folder 7

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Collection is open for research.

unittitle: Photographs


title: The Mechanical Call Distribution System For Receiving Telegrams By Telephone From Patrons of the Western Union Tel. Co.

content: United Telegraph Workers.

indexedContent: United Telegraph Workers.

content: Western Union Telegraph Company

indexedContent: Western Union Telegraph Company

content: Western Union Telegraph Company Records

indexedContent: Western Union Telegraph Company Records

content: Western Union Telegraph Company Records / Series 26: Audiovisual Materials / 26.1: Employee Training Films

content: Archival materials

content: Western Union Telegraph Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Collection is open for research but Series 11 and films are stored off-site. Special arrangements must be made to view some of the audiovisual materials. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

unittitle: Western Union Telegraph Company Records

unittitle: Audiovisual Materials

unittitle: Employee Training Films


title: An inexpensive device for loading gravels

content: Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.

content: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering Department

content: Underwood and Underwood

indexedContent: Underwood and Underwood

content: Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection / Series 1: Engineering / 1.17: Tunneling

content: undated

content: Box 76, Item 10

content: Archival materials

content: Photographs

indexedContent: Photographs

content: Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection, 1758-1945, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

unittitle: Engineering

unittitle: Tunneling


title: Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, telephones, Virginia

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

indexedContent: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

indexedContent: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 3: Proof Sheets

content: Box 127 (Series 3), Folder 3

content: Archival materials

content: NW Ayer & Sons, incorporated Advertising Agency Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Publication and production quality duplication is restricted due to complex copyright, publicity rights, and right to privacy issues. Potential users must receive written permission from appropriate rights holders prior to obtaining high quality copies. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

content:
The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access: Researchers must use microfilm copy. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audiovisual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Technical Access: Viewing the film portion of the collection without reference copies requires special appointment, please inquire; listening to audio discs requires special arrangement. Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

unittitle: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

unittitle: Proof Sheets


title: New Zealand  XIVth Commonwealth Games

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 10: Foreign Print Advertisements

content: Box 1 (Series 10), Folder 20

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Foreign Print Advertisements

unittitle: New Zealand  XIVth Commonwealth Games

title: New Zealand  XIVth Commonwealth Games


title: United States Travel and Tourism

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

indexedContent: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 10: Foreign Print Advertisements

content: undated

content: Box 1 (Series 10), Folder 29

content: Archival materials

unittitle: United States Travel and Tourism

title: United States Travel and Tourism


title: Eastern Steamships Lines, steamships

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

indexedContent: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 3: Proof Sheets

content: Box 170 (Series 3), Folder 2

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Eastern Steamships Lines, steamships

title: Eastern Steamships Lines, steamships


title: Smith and Corona

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 11: Cunningham & Walsh, Incorporated, Materials / 11.1: Printed Advertisements

content: Box 75 (Series 11), Folder 8

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Printed Advertisements

unittitle: Smith and Corona

title: Smith and Corona


title: County Gentlemen tobacco

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 2: Proof Sheets

content: 1915 (ca.)

content: Box 414 (Series 2), Folder 1

content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Archival materials

unittitle: County Gentlemen tobacco

title: County Gentlemen tobacco


title: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, telephones

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 4: 2001 Addendum

content: Box 11 (Series 4), Folder 6

content: Archival materials

unittitle: 2001 Addendum


title: Squire Dingee Company condiments, pickles

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

indexedContent: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 2: Proof Sheets

content: Box 35 (Series 2), Folder 1

content: Archival materials


title: Otis Elevator Company, elevators

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: Box 382 (Series 3), Folder 1

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Otis Elevator Company, elevators

title: Otis Elevator Company, elevators


level: series

title: Los Angeles Office Materials

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1945/1987 type:inclusive

content: circa 1950-1987

label: Identifier

content: NMAH.AC.0059, Series 9

content: Archival materials

unitid: Collection 9

unitid: Series 9

unittitle: Los Angeles Office Materials

title: Los Angeles Office Materials


title: Meriden silverware

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: Box 100 (Series 2), Folder 2

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Meriden silverware

title: Meriden silverware


title: Drayton, Penington and Colket stockbrokers

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: Box 142 (Series 2), Folder 2

content: Archival materials


title: Ford Motor Company, automobiles

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: Box 206 (Series 3), Folder 2

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Ford Motor Company, automobiles

title: Ford Motor Company, automobiles


title: Here is the only complete line of Chinese Foods ... [black & white advertisement; tear sheet]

label: Local Numbers

content: AC0059-0000079 (AC Scan)

label: Advertiser

content: La Choy Food Products, Inc.

indexedContent: La Choy Food Products, Inc.

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

label: Topic

content: Food industry and trade

indexedContent: Food industry and trade

content: advertising

indexedContent: advertising

content: Food -- Chinese

indexedContent: Food

content: La Choy Food Products, Inc.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 3: Proof Sheets / LaChoy Food Products, Inc., food, chinese foods

content: 1 Item (Ink on paper., 14.9" x 11.2".)

flag: datechar:publication era:ce normal:1932/1932 type:inclusive

content: Box 310 (Series 3), Folder La Choy Food Products

content: Archival materials

content: Tear sheets

indexedContent: Tear sheets

content: Advertisements

indexedContent: Advertisements

label: Genre/Form

content: Tear sheets

content: Advertisements -- 1960-1970

label: Scope and Contents

content: ... packed by American men and methods. Illustrated with a line of La Choy cans.


title: Printed advertisements

label: Collection Creator

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

label: See more items in

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 14: House Advertisements

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1928/1928 type:inclusive

label: Date

label: Container

content: Box 1 (Series 14), Folder 25

indexedContent: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

unittitle: House Advertisements

unittitle: Printed advertisements

title: Printed advertisements


title: Ladies Home Journal, publications

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

indexedContent: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 4: 2001 Addendum

content: Box 65 (Series 4), Folder 12

label: Type

content: Archival materials

label: Collection Citation

label: Collection Rights

label: Collection Restrictions

unittitle: Ladies Home Journal, publications

title: Ladies Home Journal, publications


title: John Deere, farm equipment, tractors

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 8: Chicago Office Print Advertisements

content: Box 5 (Series 8), Folder 8

content: Archival materials

unittitle: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

unittitle: Chicago Office Print Advertisements

unittitle: John Deere, farm equipment, tractors

title: John Deere, farm equipment, tractors


title: E.R. Squibb and Sons health care, hygiene

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: Box 99 (Series 2), Folder 1

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Proof Sheets


title: Hebe Company milk

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: Box 47 (Series 2), Folder 3

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Hebe Company milk

title: Hebe Company milk


title: Ford Motor Company, briquets, coke, cement

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: Box 232 (Series 3), Folder 2

content: Archival materials


title: United Foundation

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: Box 81 (Series 4), Folder 1

content: Archival materials

unittitle: United Foundation

title: United Foundation


title: Ford Motor Company

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: Box 217 (Series 3), Folder 4

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Ford Motor Company

title: Ford Motor Company


title: Interior, The

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 17: Business Records / 17.1: Contracts

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1893/1893 type:inclusive

content: Box 1 (Series 17), Folder 41

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Business Records

unittitle: Contracts

unittitle: Interior, The

title: Interior, The


title: D-F

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 22: Addendum of Print Advertisements / 22.1: Print Advertisements / Pepsi-Cola (newspaper ad mats)

content: Box 73 (Series 22), Folder 4

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Addendum of Print Advertisements

unittitle: Print Advertisements

unittitle: Pepsi-Cola (newspaper ad mats)

unittitle: D-F

title: D-F


title: Bahamas Ministry of Tourism

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 22: Addendum of Print Advertisements / 22.1: Print Advertisements

content: Box 11 (Series 22), Folder 5

content: Archival materials

content: tourism

unittitle: Bahamas Ministry of Tourism

title: Bahamas Ministry of Tourism


title: Forum Sunday School Times publications

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: Box 276 (Series 2), Folder 1

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Forum Sunday School Times publications

title: Forum Sunday School Times publications


title: Phamrco Inc., pharmaceuticals

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 3: Proof Sheets

content: Box 387 (Series 3), Folder 4

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Phamrco Inc., pharmaceuticals

title: Phamrco Inc., pharmaceuticals


title: Fisher Company coffee, Astor coffee

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: Box 40 (Series 2), Folder 1

content: Archival materials

content: NW Ayer & Sons, incorporated Advertising Agency Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

unittitle: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

unittitle: Fisher Company coffee, Astor coffee

title: Fisher Company coffee, Astor coffee


title: New York Title and Mortgage Company

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

indexedContent: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 11: Cunningham & Walsh, Incorporated, Materials / 11.1: Printed Advertisements

content: Box 71 (Series 11), Folder 4

content: Archival materials

content: Publication and production quality duplication is restricted due to complex copyright, publicity rights, and right to privacy issues. Potential users must receive written permission from appropriate rights holders prior to obtaining high quality copies. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

unittitle: Printed Advertisements

unittitle: New York Title and Mortgage Company

title: New York Title and Mortgage Company


title: Citicorp Savings of IL (Chicago)

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

indexedContent: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 22: Addendum of Print Advertisements / 22.1: Print Advertisements

content: Box 24 (Series 22), Folder 5

content: Archival materials

content: bank

content:
The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access: Researchers must use microfilm copy. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audiovisual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Technical Access: Viewing the film portion of the collection without reference copies requires special appointment, please inquire; listening to audio discs requires special arrangement. Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

unittitle: Citicorp Savings of IL (Chicago)

title: Citicorp Savings of IL (Chicago)


title: Sargeant and Company, hardware

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: Box 517 (Series 3), Folder 1

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Proof Sheets

unittitle: Sargeant and Company, hardware

title: Sargeant and Company, hardware


title: West Milton Novelty Company

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: Box 140 (Series 2), Folder 1

content: Archival materials

unittitle: West Milton Novelty Company

title: West Milton Novelty Company


title: Wm. Ayres and Sons horse blankets

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: Box 129 (Series 2), Folder 1

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Wm. Ayres and Sons horse blankets

title: Wm. Ayres and Sons horse blankets


title: Delicine hand lotion

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: Box 206 (Series 2), Folder 1

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Delicine hand lotion

title: Delicine hand lotion


title: Toshiba America, Inc.

content: Ayer (N W) Incorporated.

content: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

content: Box 80 (Series 4), Folder 7

content: Archival materials

unittitle: 2001 Addendum

unittitle: Toshiba America, Inc.

title: Toshiba America, Inc.


title: 1989.0438.1557.1, Plan of the New York World's Fair

label: Collection Collector

content: Cooper-Hewitt Museum

indexedContent: Cooper-Hewitt Museum

content: Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987

indexedContent: Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman)

content: Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

indexedContent: Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

content: Larry Zim World's Fair Collection / Series 4: Oversize Materials

content: Map-folder 150

content: Archival materials

content: Larry Zim World's Fair Collection, 1841-1988, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

content: 86 x 35 1/2 in.

content: Collection is open for research but two oversize folders are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

unittitle: Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

unittitle: Oversize Materials


title: 1989.0438.1185, Souvenir poster commemorating the Exposition Universelle et Internationale held in Brussels in 1910.  Marked "April-November [/] 1910 [/] Approved Commissioner General of the Government Duke d'Unsel [/] Burg [/] master of Brussels emile de mot;" aerial view of Brussels, blimp with flags of foreign nations

content: Cooper-Hewitt Museum

content: Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987

content: Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

indexedContent: Larry Zim World's Fair Collection / Series 4: Oversize Materials

content: Map-folder 53

content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Archival materials

content: 24 x 36 in.; 60.96 x 91.44 cm

title: 1989.0438.1185, Souvenir poster commemorating the Exposition Universelle et Internationale held in Brussels in 1910.  Marked "April-November [/] 1910 [/] Approved Commissioner General of the Government Duke d'Unsel [/] Burg [/] master of Brussels emile...


title: 1989.0438.1770C, Poster commemorating the New York World's Fair held in Queens in 1939.  Inscribed "New York [/] Admission 50c [/] Open May 11th;" visitors to fair depicted gathering around statue of George Washington and flags of participating nations.  Color lithograph planographic print

content: Cooper-Hewitt Museum

content: Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987

content: Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

content: Map-folder 74

content: Archival materials

content: 13 1/4 x 20 in.; 33.655 x 50.8 cm

title: 1989.0438.1770C, Poster commemorating the New York World's Fair held in Queens in 1939.  Inscribed "New York [/] Admission 50c [/] Open May 11th;" visitors to fair depicted gathering around statue of George Washington and flags of participating nations...


title: TV Gospel Time

label: Collection Performer

content: Basie, Count, 1904-1984

indexedContent: Basie, Count

content: Smith, Ernie

indexedContent: Smith, Ernie

content: Webster, Ben

indexedContent: Webster, Ben

content: Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971

indexedContent: Armstrong, Louis

content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

indexedContent: Ellington, Duke

content: Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996

indexedContent: Fitzgerald, Ella

content: Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David), 1909-1986

indexedContent: Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David)

content: Jamal, Ahmad, 1930-

indexedContent: Jamal, Ahmad, 1930-

content: Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949

indexedContent: Robinson, Bill

content: Davis, Miles

indexedContent: Davis, Miles

content: Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection

indexedContent: Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection

content: Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection / Series 2: Additional Titles

label: Sponsor

content: America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.

label: Extent

content: 1 Motion picture film

content: Reel OF 491.50

content: Archival materials

content: Moving Images [31983000035923]

content: Motion picture films

indexedContent: Motion picture films

content: Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

label: Scope and Contents note

content:
Descriptive Summary: 877f., b&w

Copyright: Performance Date:

Corporate Creator: Amherst Productions, Inc.

Producer: Howard A. Schwartz

Director: Peter Brysac

Video reference copy

content: Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

unittitle: Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection

unittitle: Additional Titles

unittitle: TV Gospel Time

title: TV Gospel Time


title: Watch Pen, vendor product literature

label: Collection Inventor

content: Lemelson, Jerome H., 1923-1997

indexedContent: Lemelson, Jerome H.

content: Jerome H. Lemelson Papers

indexedContent: Jerome H. Lemelson Papers

content: Jerome H. Lemelson Papers / Series 4: Subject Files

content: Box 133, Folder 5

label: Archival Repository

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Text

indexedContent: Text

content: Jerome H. Lemelson Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Portions of the collection remain unprocessed. See the arrangement note for updates about processing status. Please contact the Archives Center prior to scheduling a research appointment to access the collection.

As a preservation measure, researchers must view the reference access copies of the bound invention notebooks (Volume A-Volume 112) in Series 1. The pocket notebooks and scratch pads are available for research use.

Social Security numbers are present and have been rendered unreadable and redacted. Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection.

unittitle: Jerome H. Lemelson Papers

unittitle: Subject Files

unittitle: Watch Pen, vendor product literature

title: Watch Pen, vendor product literature


title: Industrial Diamonds, reference articles

content: Lemelson, Jerome H., 1923-1997

content: Jerome H. Lemelson Papers

indexedContent: Jerome H. Lemelson Papers / Series 4: Subject Files

content: Box 104, Folder 39

indexedContent: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Archival materials

content: Text

unittitle: Industrial Diamonds, reference articles

title: Industrial Diamonds, reference articles


title: "Chicks"

label: Collection Musician

content: Eckstine, Billy

indexedContent: Eckstine, Billy

content: Jones, Quincy, 1933-2024

indexedContent: Jones, Quincy

content: Tucker, Bobby, 1923-2008

indexedContent: Tucker, Bobby

content: Bobby Tucker Papers

indexedContent: Bobby Tucker Papers

content: Bobby Tucker Papers / Series 1: Professional Materials / 1.1: Music Manuscripts

content: Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

content: undated

content: Box 8, Folder 8

content: Archival materials

content: Bobby Tucker Papers, 1883-2007, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

unittitle: Bobby Tucker Papers

unittitle: Professional Materials

unittitle: Music Manuscripts

unittitle: "Chicks"

title: "Chicks"


title: Catalog

content: Sun, Ming-ju

indexedContent: Sun, Ming-ju

content: Ming-Ju Sun Garfinckel's Fashion Drawings / Series 2: Fashion Catalogs

content: Box 5, Folder 8

content: Archival materials

content: Ming-Ju Sun Garfinckel's Fashion Drawings, 1972-2002, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: The collection is open for research use.  Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves.

unittitle: Fashion Catalogs

unittitle: Catalog

title: Catalog


title: Drawings

content: Sun, Ming-ju

content: Ming-Ju Sun Garfinckel's Fashion Drawings / Series 1: Fashion Drawings / 1.1: Original Artwork

content: Box 2, Folder 2

content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Archival materials

content: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

unittitle: Fashion Drawings

unittitle: Original Artwork

unittitle: Drawings

title: Drawings


title: Test jigs and Displays

content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information, Technology and Society

content: GTE Laboratories Inc.

indexedContent: GTE Laboratories Inc.

content: GTE Burst Switch Collection

indexedContent: GTE Burst Switch Collection

content: GTE Burst Switch Collection / Series 6: Subject Files

content: Box 12

content: Archival materials

content: GTE Laboratories Burst Switch Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: Collection is open for research and access on site by appointment.

unittitle: GTE Burst Switch Collection

unittitle: Test jigs and Displays

title: Test jigs and Displays


title: John McDonald Interview

label: Collection Sponsor

content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)

content: Division of Information and Technology Computer Oral History Collection / Series 2: Audio Visual Materials

content: 2 Cassette tapes

content: 5 Videocassettes (VHS)

content: Box 11

content: Box 12

content: Archival materials

content: Audio

indexedContent: Audio

content: Moving Images

indexedContent: Moving Images

content: Cassette tapes

indexedContent: Cassette tapes

content: Videocassettes (vhs)

indexedContent: Videocassettes (vhs)

content: Division of Information and Technology Computer Oral History Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content:
The collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at NMAHRightsReproductions@si.edu. In-person use of reference audio and video cassettes only.

In some instances reference (viewing) copies do not exist. Use of these materials requires special arrangement.

unittitle: Audio Visual Materials

unittitle: John McDonald Interview

title: John McDonald Interview


title: McCormick, William T.

indexedContent: National Museum of American History (U.S.)

content: Division of Information and Technology Computer Oral History Collection / Series 1: Transcripts/Documentation

content: 1997 June 18

content: Box 1, Folder 29

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Transcripts/Documentation

unittitle: McCormick, William T.

title: McCormick, William T.


title: H-5050, Vivian

label: Collection Photographer

content: Schiedt, Duncan P., 1921-2014

indexedContent: Schiedt, Duncan P.

content: Duncan P. Schiedt Photograph Collection

indexedContent: Duncan P. Schiedt Photograph Collection

content: Duncan P. Schiedt Photograph Collection / Series 2: Photographic Materials / 2.1: Historical Photographs and Negatives

content: Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

content: Box 72

content: Archival materials

content: Duncan Schiedt Jazz Collection, 1900-2012, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Reproduction restricted due to copyright or trademark. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

content: Collection is open for research.

unittitle: Duncan P. Schiedt Photograph Collection

unittitle: Photographic Materials

unittitle: Historical Photographs and Negatives

unittitle: H-5050, Vivian

title: H-5050, Vivian


title: Inabeth Miller, C.E. Stone Information Technology Leadership Award in Education Winner

label: See more items in

indexedContent: Division of Information and Technology Computer Oral History Collection / Series 2: Audio Visual Materials

content: 1 Videocassettes (VHS)

content: 1 Cassette tape

content: Box 6

content: Box 11

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Moving Images

content: Audio

content: Videocassettes (vhs)

content: Cassette tapes


title: Iron Bridge Over Mississippi River at Hannibal, Missouri

label: Collection Creator

content: Vogel, Robert M.

indexedContent: Vogel, Robert M.

content: Shayt, David H.

indexedContent: Shayt, David H.

content: Worthington, Bill

indexedContent: Worthington, Bill

content: Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bridges Reference Collection / Series 1: Bridges

content: 1 Photograph (15 1/4 in x 18 3/4 in )

content: Map-folder 16

content: Archival materials

content: Photographs

indexedContent: Photographs

content: Photographs

content: Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bridges Reference Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

label: Scope and Contents

content: Associated Museum accession number 1984.0303.01.

content: Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

unittitle: Bridges


title: Toll Authority Administration Building, New Zealand

content: Vogel, Robert M.

content: Shayt, David H.

content: Worthington, Bill

indexedContent: Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bridges Reference Collection / Series 1: Bridges

label: Date

content: undated

label: Container

content: Box 79, Folder 20

content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.


title: National Association of Direct Selling, June 1951

content: Stanley Home Products

indexedContent: Stanley Home Products

content: Beveridge, Frank Stanley

indexedContent: Beveridge, Frank Stanley

label: Collection Donor

content: Perkins, Homer

indexedContent: Perkins, Homer

content: O'Brien, Catherine L.

indexedContent: O'Brien, Catherine L.

content: Stanley Home Products Collection

indexedContent: Stanley Home Products Collection

content: Stanley Home Products Collection / Series 11: Audiovisual Materials / 11.2: Audio Discs

content: Box 49, Folder 4

content: Archival materials

label: Collection Citation

content: Stanley Home Products Collection, 1931-1999, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

label: Collection Rights

content: Includes Red Motley

label: Collection Restrictions

content: Collection is open for research but the audio discs in box 48 are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

unittitle: Stanley Home Products Collection

unittitle: Audiovisual Materials

unittitle: Audio Discs


title: Locomotive and Engine Data

label: Collection Collector

content: Chaney, Charles B.

indexedContent: Chaney, Charles B.

content: Charles B. Chaney Jr. Railroad Photographic Collection / 2022 Addenda, undated

content: Box 77, Folder 11

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives

indexedContent: Negatives

content: Charles B. Chaney Jr. Railroad Photographic Collection, 1850-1947; 1972, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

unittitle: 2022 Addenda, undated

unittitle: Locomotive and Engine Data

title: Locomotive and Engine Data


title: Postcards

content: Gilman, Georgiana Sandford, 1887-1982

indexedContent: Gilman, Georgiana Sandford

content: MacDowell, Helen Sandford, 1889-

indexedContent: MacDowell, Helen Sandford, 1889-

content: Pease, L.F.

indexedContent: Pease, L.F.

content: Prince, Georgiana K., 1861-1915

indexedContent: Prince, Georgiana K.

content: Sandford, Frank S., 1853-1924

indexedContent: Sandford, Frank S.

content: Sandford Greeting Card Company

indexedContent: Sandford Greeting Card Company

content: Sandford, Mary Elizabeth, 1852-1936

indexedContent: Sandford, Mary Elizabeth

content: Sandford, Ruth, 1879-1972

indexedContent: Sandford, Ruth

content: Sandford Greeting Card Company and Family Papers / Series 2: Sandford Family Papers / 2.6: Helen Louise Sandford

content: 1901-1906, undated

content: Box 14, Folder 14

content: Archival materials

content: Sandford Greeting Card Company and Family Papers, circa 1839-2004, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

unittitle: Sandford Family Papers

unittitle: Helen Louise Sandford

unittitle: Postcards

title: Postcards


title: American National Red Cross

content: Gilman, Georgiana Sandford, 1887-1982

content: MacDowell, Helen Sandford, 1889-

content: Pease, L.F.

content: Prince, Georgiana K., 1861-1915

content: Sandford, Frank S., 1853-1924

content: Sandford Greeting Card Company

content: Sandford, Mary Elizabeth, 1852-1936

content: Sandford, Ruth, 1879-1972

content: Sandford Greeting Card Company and Family Papers / Series 2: Sandford Family Papers / 2.3: Ruth Louise Sandford

content: 1931, 1963

content: Box 12, Folder 13

indexedContent: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

unittitle: Ruth Louise Sandford

unittitle: American National Red Cross

title: American National Red Cross


title: Memorandum of agreement

content: Gilman, Georgiana Sandford, 1887-1982

content: MacDowell, Helen Sandford, 1889-

content: Pease, L.F.

content: Prince, Georgiana K., 1861-1915

content: Sandford, Frank S., 1853-1924

content: Sandford Greeting Card Company

content: Sandford, Mary Elizabeth, 1852-1936

content: Sandford, Ruth, 1879-1972

indexedContent: Sandford Greeting Card Company and Family Papers / Series 2: Sandford Family Papers / 2.3: Ruth Louise Sandford

content: 1909 March 26

content: Box 20, Folder 2

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Memorandum of agreement

title: Memorandum of agreement


title: Stamping Ford Thunderbird,

content: d'Arazien, Arthur

indexedContent: d'Arazien, Arthur

content: Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs

indexedContent: Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs

content: Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs / Series 2: Photographs / 2.3: Black and White Photonegatives and Photoprints

content: Box 17, Folder 11

content: Archival materials

content: Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs, ca. 1930-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: Collection is open for research but the majority of the collection is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

unittitle: Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs

unittitle: Photographs

unittitle: Stamping Ford Thunderbird,

title: Stamping Ford Thunderbird,


title: Stacking pulpwood (loblolly pine) for paper mill. South Carolina,

content: d'Arazien, Arthur

content: Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs

content: Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs / Series 2: Photographs / 2.1: Color Phototransparencies

content: Box 5, Folder 17

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Color Phototransparencies


title: Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Forbes Field, 1962? [sic] (1).

content: d'Arazien, Arthur

content: Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs

content: Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs / Series 2: Photographs / 2.2: Color Photonegatives and Color Photoprints

content: Box 12, Folder 34

content: Archival materials


title: 7-20-4

content: Jackler, Robert K.

indexedContent: Jackler, Robert K.

content: Marilyn E. Jackler Memorial Collection of Tobacco Advertisements / Series 2: Cigar Advertisements / 2.2: Newspaper Advertisements

content: Box 7, Folder 51

content: Archival materials

content: Graphic Materials

indexedContent: Graphic Materials

content: Marilyn E. Jackler Memorial Collection of Tobacco Advertisements circa 1890-2013, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: The collection is open for research.

unittitle: Cigar Advertisements

unittitle: Newspaper Advertisements

title: 7-20-4


title: Embassy

content: Jackler, Robert K.

content: Marilyn E. Jackler Memorial Collection of Tobacco Advertisements / Series 1: Cigarette Advertisements / 1.1: Magazine Advertisements

content: Box 12, Folder 2

content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Archival materials

content: Graphic Materials

content: The collection is open for research.

unittitle: Cigarette Advertisements

unittitle: Magazine Advertisements

unittitle: Embassy

title: Embassy


title: Camel

label: General

content:
First in Service
Not a Single Case
Mildness/Coolness, Flavor
Agree with More

content: Jackler, Robert K.

content: Marilyn E. Jackler Memorial Collection of Tobacco Advertisements / Series 1: Cigarette Advertisements / 1.2: Newspaper Advertisements

content: Box 20, Folder 5

content: Archival materials

content: Graphic Materials

content: The collection is open for research.

unittitle: Camel

title: Camel


title: Sutton Place Gourmet, food retailer, Washington DC

content: Archives Center Shopping Bag Collection

indexedContent: Archives Center Shopping Bag Collection

content: Box 9, Folder 2

content: Archival materials

content: Archives Center Shopping Bag Collection, 1980-2004, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: Fees for commercial reproduction. However, there are copyright and trademark restrictions.

content: Collection open for research.

unittitle: Archives Center Shopping Bag Collection


title: Julep

content: Jackler, Robert K.

indexedContent: Marilyn E. Jackler Memorial Collection of Tobacco Advertisements / Series 1: Cigarette Advertisements / 1.1: Magazine Advertisements

content: Box 2, Folder 13

content: Archival materials

content: Graphic Materials

content: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

content: The collection is open for research.

unittitle: Julep

title: Julep


title: Sterncrest

content: Jackler, Robert K.

content: Marilyn E. Jackler Memorial Collection of Tobacco Advertisements / Series 7: Pipes Advertisements

content: Box 26, Folder 25

content: Archival materials

content: Graphic Materials

content: The collection is open for research.

unittitle: Pipes Advertisements

unittitle: Sterncrest

title: Sterncrest


title: Philip Morris

content: Jackler, Robert K.

indexedContent: Marilyn E. Jackler Memorial Collection of Tobacco Advertisements / Series 1: Cigarette Advertisements / 1.2: Newspaper Advertisements

content: Box 25, Folder 8

content: Archival materials

content: Graphic Materials

content: The collection is open for research.

unittitle: Philip Morris

title: Philip Morris


title: Crabtree & Evelyn, body, fragrance, and home care product retailer

content: Archives Center Shopping Bag Collection

content: Box 7, Folder 4

content: Archival materials

content: Collection open for research.


title: #25, Fathers Lecture

content: Keystone View Company

indexedContent: Keystone View Company

content: Maertz, J.F., Department Store (Milwaukee, Wis.).

content: Rau, William H., 1855-1920

indexedContent: Rau, William H.

content: Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941

indexedContent: Stanley-Brown, Joseph

content: Division of Cultural History Lantern Slides and Stereographs / Series 2: Hillis Better America Lecture Service Lantern Slides / 2.5: Fathers Lecture Slides

content: Box 17

content: Archival materials

content: Photographs

indexedContent: Photographs

content: Division of Cultural History Lantern Slides and Stereographs, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Reproduction permission from Archives Center: reproduction fees may apply.

content: Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected lantern slides and stereographs must be handled with gloves.

unittitle: Fathers Lecture Slides

unittitle: #25, Fathers Lecture

title: #25, Fathers Lecture


label: Compiler

content: Sardino, Robert C.

indexedContent: Sardino, Robert C.

label: Topic

content: Theaters

indexedContent: Theaters

content: Motion pictures, American

indexedContent: Motion pictures, American

content: advertising -- Motion pictures

indexedContent: advertising

label: Provenance

content: Collection donated by Irene B. Sardino, widow of Robert L. Sardino, to the Division of Social and Cultural History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, in 1984.

label: Summary

content: The collection consists of motion picture exhibition ephemera (lantern slides, publicity photographs, and paper) saved by Robert L. Sardino during his years working in motion picture theaters in Syracuse, New York.

label: Biographical / Historical

content:
Robert L. Sardino was born in New York state December 11, 1897, the son of John and Palma Sardino.  Both of his parents were born in Italy, and Palma notes in the 1920 census that she had immigrated to the United States from Italy in 1881. His father died at an early age and by the 1920 census Palma was listed as being head of the household.  Robert joined the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), local 376, on January 24, 1915.  According to family oral history Robert began work at the age of fourteen, in the 1920 census he is noted as an "operator" in a "picture show."  His brothers, Frank and Alphonsa, were both in the motion picture theater business. By 1930 Frank is noted as a "theater proprietor." Alphonsa is noted as a "picture theater" manager as early as 1920.  For the greatest part of his life, Robert worked in and around Syracuse, New York.  During his working life, he was employed by Paramount-Publix Corporation, later known as Paramount Pictures, Incorporated and also the Schine Corporation theater owners and developers.  He worked in Syracuse at the Paramount Theater which was demolished in 1967.  Family history maintains Robert worked until he was seventy-five years old.

Robert served in the military during World War I.  On his registration card he is described as being of medium height and build, grey eyes, and black hair.  He was then working as an auto mechanic in Old Forge, New York.  In May 1928, Robert married Florence Owen, daughter of David and Charlotte Bostwick Owen. They had two children, Delores and Roberta. The marriage ended and in the 1940 census Robert was living with his daughters and was noted as being a projectionist in a movie theater.  Later that year he married Irene Boniface Simiele, also a divorcee, with a young son, Joseph.

Robert died in Syracuse, New York on February 3, 1981.

label: Extent

content: 2.1 Cubic feet (7 boxes)

content: 1914-1981, undated

label: Custodial History

content: Collection transferred by the Division of Culture and the Arts (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution in 2018.

label: Identifier

content: Collection descriptions

indexedContent: Collection descriptions

content: Archival materials

content: Advertisements

indexedContent: Advertisements

content: Certificates

indexedContent: Certificates

content: Lantern slides

indexedContent: Lantern slides

content: Posters

indexedContent: Posters

content: Publicity photographs

indexedContent: Publicity photographs

content: Schedules

indexedContent: Schedules

content: Motion picture stills

indexedContent: Motion picture stills

label: Citation

content: Robert L. Sardino Movie Theater Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

label: Arrangement

content:
The collection is arranged into four series.

Series 1, Personal Papers and Ephemera, 1942-1981, undated

Series 2, Paramount and Schine Theaters (Syracuse, New York), 1947-1970, undated

Series 3, Motion Pictures, Publicity Stills, Advertisements, and Souvenir Programs 1942-1968, undated

Series 4, Lantern Slides, 1914-1915, undated

Subseries 4.1, American Press Association, undated

Subseries 4.2, Brenkert Light Projection Company (BLPC), undated

Subseries 4.3, Motion Picture Advertisments, 1914-1915, undated

Subseries 4.4, Maurice Workstel, Incorporated, undated

Subseries 4.5, Other, undated

label: Processing Information

content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, 2018-2019, assisted by Erin Wiebe and Thalia M. Chrysanthis, interns.

label: Genre/Form

content: Advertisements

content: Certificates

content: Lantern slides

content: Posters

content: Publicity photographs

content: Schedules

content: Motion picture stills

label: Content Description

content: The collection consists of archival materials saved by Robert L. Sardino during the years he was employed in motion picture theaters in Syracuse, New York. This collection also contains objects Sardino salvaged when the Paramount Theater in Syracuse, New York was demolished in 1967.  He spent the bulk of his career at the Paramount Theater. Included are theater schedules; blank payroll documents; photographs of employees, theater interiors, and marquees, as well as publicity stills of actors and for motion pictures; certificates; motion picture advertising and press releases.  There is a large number of glass lantern slides relating to a variety of topics such as current news events, sports, scenic views, and "coming attractions."

label: Restrictions

content: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

content: Collection is open for research.

label: Related Materials

content: The Division of Culture and the Arts (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) holds these objects associated with this collection: Accession number 1984.0789 includes: Basket; Frame, Exit Sign; Screen, Cinerama; Speaker, Car, Drive-in Movie; Plate, End-Seat Aisle Camp Cover; Holder; Disc, Transcription.

unitid: Collection NMAH.AC.1471


title: Correspondence

label: Collection Creator

content: Katzen, Mollie, 1950-

indexedContent: Katzen, Mollie, 1950-

label: See more items in

content: Mollie Katzen Papers

indexedContent: Mollie Katzen Papers

content: Mollie Katzen Papers / Series 1: Personal Papers

label: Date

label: Container

content: Box 4, Folder 8

label: Archival Repository

label: Type

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

label: Collection Citation

content: Mollie Katzen Papers, 1972-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

label: Collection Rights

label: Collection Restrictions

content: Collection is open for research.

unittitle: Mollie Katzen Papers

unittitle: Personal Papers

unittitle: Correspondence

title: Correspondence


title: Group of people using a mortar and pestle

content: Keystone View Company

indexedContent: Keystone View Company

content: Maertz, J.F., Department Store (Milwaukee, Wis.).

label: Collection Photographer

content: Rau, William H., 1855-1920

indexedContent: Rau, William H.

content: Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941

indexedContent: Stanley-Brown, Joseph

content: Division of Cultural History Lantern Slides and Stereographs / Series 2: Hillis Better America Lecture Service Lantern Slides / 2.7: General Lectures Slides

content: Box 17

content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Archival materials

content: Photographs

unittitle: General Lectures Slides


title: B-90, Continental boiler

content: Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.

content: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering Department

content: Underwood and Underwood

indexedContent: Underwood and Underwood

content: Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection / Series 1: Engineering / 1.15: Steam Boilers / 1.15.1: Boilers -- Complete Units, undated

content: undated

content: Box 67, Item 21

content: Archival materials

content: Photographs

indexedContent: Photographs

content: Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection, 1758-1945, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

unittitle: Engineering

unittitle: Steam Boilers

unittitle: Boilers -- Complete Units, undated

unittitle: B-90, Continental boiler

title: B-90, Continental boiler